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Peking Moves Two Armies Towards Korea

Washington, Aug. 25. A United States Army spokesman sald today that two Chinese Cumminvunkst armles had been moved Desc 110 Manchuria- Korean border,

He also said that reports had been received

from

oel sourers on movement of 120

the

bravy tanks into North Koren from the Manchurian port of Dairen during the fast

two weeks of July,

t

Report also said that Ch

Comministy Antone. Valu River on the Manchuria-Korean border, bath commandeered

part

11 shipping and were mebilising Chinese to move war supplies into North KoreRender,

Over 1,000 Dead In Assam Havoc

Bombay, Aug. 25.

HONGKONG TELEGRAFII, " For and on behalf of

SOUTY CHINA HORNING POST, L'AIR,

The

Hongkong Telegraph

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1950.

KOREA-BOUND

TROOPS ENJOY NAVY “CHOW"

(FROM WILLIAM PARROTT)

Aboard H.M.S. Unicorn, Aug. 25.

High spirited British Tommies were tonight speeding through the South China Soa as Britain's vanguard of ground forces for Korca. After a strenuous few days' preparations in Hongkong's steaming climate they were taking it easy under a tropic moon on the decks of the aircraft carrier Unicorn and the cruiser Ceylon.

WAR IN KOREA:

Major Attack On Masan Awaited

Tokyo, Aug. 26.

Battle-weary American infantry, dug in before Masan, on Korea's south coast, today await a major attack from two Communist divisions ordered to drive straight for Pusan, the United Nations anchor on the Korean peninsula.

Seventh Divisions earlier had taken

The Sea was glassy smooth, and the men of the Middlesex Regiment aboard the Unicorn agreed that all was well, particularly as they had just finished an excellent maval meal of

corned beef and peas ---- į"much better than Army

cooking."

They sat around the carrier's |

it deck smoking and listen ing quietly to gay dance music from Rain Herzkond

HISTORIC EXPEDITION

Forher, in close ranks, they istened attentively to a spirited address by Mr Materia May- The northern fronts gave Sixth and

Commissioner-General More than 1,000 people

Donald, For Southeast Asio, A have died in the earthquake no sign of an all-out offen- which

Mir MacDonut toki them Historic DIL l and floods which have de-jsive yet, though Communist aug.

the Quat they were that Prisoners insisted on main body of this force, despite ¦'

jexpedition, vastated 30,000 square miles pressure persisted, and

const had forced harassing United Nations patrols! He said: "First you with visit of Northern Assam in the the east past 10 days, according to about a one-and-a-half-mile and strafing from the air, was Suth Kren, but we all hope and expect that you will be ut of that chosing the enemy unofficial reports, All-India breach into the Allied line. Radio stated today,,

view of the other part.**

Mr

largely intact,

Unita of the American 20th

Buy according to Staff ofleers Division defending Macan have try so that you can get in at General MacArthur's head been on their own there siner

MacDonald emphasised marters, lic concentration of Redbon pozatresapegra innakes two division with heavy tanteshe Marines were pulled out to that although the soldiers op-

Loday the first

contain the threat in the

Assam-west of Musan constituted a real | Naktong River bulge a forming them were Koreans, tacir

in Northeast

group drepped in the Privat, affected oren-to Felp lonel supplies from aircraft.

still

tre

Bridger have been washerl avenge!

anul roads.

ments moving

the quakes and scarpony in flonds, the Asan Public Works and supply

said after a tour of the mea

Arsand's Chief Minister,

Bihou

affeeled

Hom, ematen

people Cager

en it A: aw. It

passible to mess

and

umpels.

Pr

North-

tall

the

road.

weapons,

Dine

At the

For

P.G.

Reservations

Price 20 Cents

Mrs Ruth Thompson, one of several ladies who helped to serve the embarking troops yesterday, puts one behind the car of an Argyll and Sutherland Highlander

(Staff Photographer). while she was handing round cigarettes.

Peking Over

Refuted

Contentions Formosa By America

Lake Success, Aug. 25.

The United States declared today that it would welcome a United Nations on-the-spot investigation of the "Formosa case” to disprove Com- munist China's charges of aggression against an “integral part of Chinese territory."

Mr Warren Austin. chief] United Nations trusteeship.

British Commonwealth the American delegate to

said today. United Nations. unid in a letter to Mr Trygve Lition for United Nations trustee- Secretary-General, that al-ship over Formosa by an over though the United

HUKS RAID

NORTH

TOWN

OF MANILA

expertį

He said that a recommenda→

the

States whelming

majority of could not initiate such a United Nations General As-

sembly would move. but "if the Security authority to the United Nations

give effective

Council wishes to study the to declare Formosa to be under

Tel: 27880

American Rail Men Call Off Strike

Washington, Aug. 25.

Two big rail unions can- celled their nation-wido strike call today after Pre- sident Truman ordered tho Army to take over the rall- ways from Sunday.

The walk-out had been set for Monday morning by the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men and the Order of Railway Conductors. It was postponed "indefinitely just 30 minutes after President Truman ordered Goverment seizure and called on all rail workers to remain on duly. Union

officials balled the seizure order as a "tremendous victory for our

people." Tho Association of American Roll- roads had no immediate com- ment.

The President signed execu→ five order directing the Army to take over the carriers under the 1010 war powers law. Ho called the celzuro "essential to national defence and the securi ty of the nation, to public health and to publie welfare generally"—United Press

CANADA'S STRIKE

Ottawa, Aug. 25. The Prime Minister, Mr Loula St Laurent, today met leaders of the unions involved in Canada's four-day old wager and hours strike of 124,000 rail- way workers.

The union leaders, who were suntmoned to Ottawa

by the Prime Minister personally, are followed later today by of the strike-bound

being

the heads

railways.

Those attending this morning'a conference would

say nothing as they left Mr St Laurent's oflec. but Informed zources said that the Premier would pechably call on both sides to resume negotiations immediato-

ly.

All across Canada today in dustries were grinding to a halt for Jack of supplies, A1 estimated 38,500 workers have been temporarily laid off in addition to the 124,000 railway- meg on strike, Lorry, bus and airline companies are strained to the init to provide sub- stitute transport-Reuter.

armour, instructors nd strategy were all of Kuvaan For Guys now reconnaissance

nigin. pilots bad reported reinforce- SHORT OF MANPOWER

Air MacDonald added: "Th Intermittent tremors

eastwards from

General MacArthur's head Korean war is part of a Rusion being felt in the Alhos Chinto deepkle; continuous air quarters reported yesterday that attempt to conquer the whole HA in Northeast Asam,tacks.

pressure on the 25th was strong work and make us saved of By daylight today they were cine company had to give ground Moscow," Born everywhere by naveling in little groups of 30

"Battle around

Mountain" Ale MacDonaldi spolte similarly binger formationsfercely embattled ridge north to the Argylls who are aboard 50 whit

columns remain west of Human on the China-, the Cegica Minister, Mr Remir. Day 1 da railway and mining ist stetor of the south crist

HIGH MORALE Warca PRISONERS' TALE

toy warnetips drew

Manila. Aug. 26. question of Formosa. we its trusteeship. He mad such Alex Valentthe, Reuter's cry from Hongkong whats!

obably Prisoners taken on this pont respondent en the .h Count

A large force of Commli sapport and assist that recommendation could probably

be

if most of the that yesterday said

approved that they had front, reported that Atied lack oder md mers, by this!

luk guerillas study." The morale wat beling rela munist-le

United Nations members con- heen arts to a

The Pel the Maran of manpower there appeared to 45-mile front rule out the thy of fore. Wer and friens far Epi. raided and set fire to the led the United Nations yes enlly still a Japanes Government sidered that Formosa

Is techini- Edefences nver *

than her provincial capital of Tarlaceday demanding that Amer a

labout the cutrcime

possession. 11* from Thursday night.

Aow the Command oflens

Dr. V.K. Wellington Koo, Na- full But Anrican sholing and sive by atuck.

wore when the expedition was last night and attacked ican hoval and air units be re- tionist China's Ambassador rio nišnekta reattered their forces

L Any can colonel to tunced.

nearby military camp.

noved from the Straits of For- the United States, said tolny and disorganised supplies.

h.71 "I know That alok ki Sabi an of the Jew wives! The official military report rosa.

Nationalist intelligence reports North Korean troops charred teba tum of difere, but in Hongkong. Mm Peters, wife cald 10 Constabulary soldiers IMPARTIAL ACTION Indicated that the Chinese Autor Licutest A. E. R. Peters were killed and four wounded! The communication from Communists did not intend to hod of 20 Stratton Road, Merton in the camp affack. Fighting Chou En-lai, Communist China's attack Formosa within the Park, London, "The lads are was raging in burning Tarlac Foreign Minister, also declared mediate future. He pald very happy: It's cheerid me up jently today.

the Chinese Communists United States Government and end, I don't mind now as

General Mariano Castaneda, determined to "liberate" For General MacArthur fud both Fene as muil comes through." Chief of Staff of the Philippint

from the "lentacles of been fully informed of Nation-

Taxi No. 4400 was returning larmed

left at once for American aggression." forces.

ailst China's military needs, to garage when It was hailed Mr Austin, in his letter tourvey is now going to get

but n Vanue to take command of the

Joint

Sino-American by a Chinese. After travelling Joices fighting

the day, denied that Formosa was

for a short distance, the passen. full details on the state of super produced a gun and ordered Juendas, and twe mediuin tanks Chinese territory. fauen were ordered to the city.

He said tha! American action ply of needed lemma,”-United the driver to stop. After rob- Tarlac, about 120 miles north in Formosa was an impartial, Press.

bing the driver, he exaped, Munita, is the capital of neutralising action" and that, Tarlac province, home territory there would be peace In Fur- jot the Philippine Foreign Mimia 10sa "unless some une resorts

r. Brie-Roll. Carlos Homuln, to force.""

dain go. A Am

11-

mant engineer mid it would be At least 1 page before trame could be sunod ng th c 21.441 trunk mad through the area. Bruter,

EDITORIAL

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mand of arive we are not rust en augth. hm the Fourth Division and thứ we can do in ju trự tử

grouped mnants of the hem."---Router.

Cross-Harbour Travel

Jor Fittje

L'I-

evin-

TROSE addicted to the day anual of cross-harbour travelling, barking freedom of choice, will greet disclosure of the Government's intention to embark upon 14 programme providing

facilities Improved

with enthusiasm, rather R Somewhat bittered commentary. The moed of most will relleet not considered opinion on the suggestions thrown out for public discusion, criticism or constructive al- ternatives, but an altitude of mind pro- moting the feeling that an attempt 10 grapple with the problem is long over- due. For one reason or another, ferry services have been hopelessly inadequate since the Liberation, despite mendable resource and vigorous efforts by the two principal companies to pro- vide the minxitium of service possible in the circumstances, Chief trouble has been the destruction of plers at key points on the mainland, preventlag the re-establishment of diversionary routes. The inevitable result has been the chan- nelling of all passenger traille into the centre of town on both sides of the har- bour. When it is recalled that twiec Ba many ferrics, operating to and from twice as many points, catered for a popu- Iation approximately half its present size back in 1938, the unwieldiness of today's congestions at rush-hours has to be ex- perienced to be believed. Naturally, this aspect of the ferry situation engaged the attention of the Committee appointed by Government to make an exhaustive study of the problem almost exclusively, Un- necessary crowd concentrations between Ice House Street and Jublice Street or around. Salisbury Road, Kowloon, mean, of course, over-burdening buses serving the termint and greatly increasing the į

recon-

degree of jostling in the city streets. In their report submitted to the Govern- men, the Committee visualises a careful- ly enleutated scheme of dispersion, with special attention to linking road and cross-horbour traffic, and their mendations are both comprehensive und fundamentally sound. Unfortum.e.y, one of the most attractive proposition, the provision of a new yenicuur alla þasSLARA ger service between wanchai and kuu hom has been pigeun-nued by Goven- ment for the time being on the ground that the cost cannot be mei under pre- sent nancial stresses. Its strangest op- pent is, again, the like.ihood of diminish- ing appreciably road trafic through the city's main streets, and modifying the bottleneck pressure between Garden Road and Arsenal Street, For the rest, the Committee suggests new services from points on the residential and indus- trial outskiris of town to similar points on the mainland, emphasising the impor tance of avoiding the central areas and therefore the values of plying between, say, West Point and Shamshulpo, Wan- chal and Kowloon City, as against dia- gonal roules. Nothing, of course, has been finally decided. The official scheme is to be submitted to a predominantly unofficial committee, for their comments and, if eny, counter-proposals. Members of the pubile directly interested will have an opportunity of making representations should they deem them worth white. Few variations of a revolutionary nature are Ilkely. The Burgess Committee's recom- mendations permit unofilcinis to begin study from a solid foundation. The vitat thing, they are certain to agree, is to get on with the job.

Hauter.

CHARGES BY YEH DENIED

London, Aug. 25. A British Foreign Oflice

who is Prealdent of the United

Nations General Asembly

United Press.

spokesman today denied alle EUROPE AIR

EXERCISE

gations made yesterday by ! Generad Yeh Chieu-yin. Chairman of the Kwang-

Paris, Aug 25, tung Provincial Government, !

The Western Union Air Forces that aircraft and a British today began a three-day battle" warship had intruded on Chinese sovereignty.

"There has been no flying of

he said.

Exercise Cupein--almed at testing air defences from Dutch froust to the Alps.

About 450 aircraft, including)

1

i

1

that

Mr Austin made the following

points in a letter Secretary-General:

to

LAU

1. The United States had not eneronched on the territory of

China

taken

The

Ro

United Sintes 1174

arainst China.

#Egressive action

3. American action in Formos | was due mainly to the public declaration by the Chinese Com- murists that it would "liberate" Formos,

NO FIXED STATUS According to Mr Austin, the

An

of conflict with

of the conflict have .would

zireraft over Chinese territory" jet fighters, are taking part in United States Seventh Fleet was |

The exercise, the most extensive sent "at a time when that island "The destroyer was proceed-ever stoped in Europe, Eight was the scene ing on its lawful occasion and Ardelds in France, Belgium, and the mainland The attack upon it was the sub- Holland are rerving squattrons Jeel of a protest by the British from the.Huyal Air Force and Government through the Charge the French, Belgian and Dutch d'Affaires in Peking at the Air Forces. time."

The exercise involves the No oficial protest had been |"bombing" of Paris--Reuter, received from the Chinese Gov- ernment, he added.-Reuter,

Another Youth

Rally Planned

"Turco" Seeks Assurance

Brussels, Aug 25. Berlin, Aug. 25. Captain Raymond ***Turco"

extension Foreca threatened the United Nations forces Korca.

4. President Truman'n sellen in rending the fleet to Formos was an impartial, neutralizing to the action, addressed both forces on Farmora and to those on the mainland.”

5. There at the pret t time no fixed legal status for Formosa. Its fixed legal, status The National Congress of the Westerlingt,

who arrived here Cannot be established until fa Communist-led "National Front" last night by air frora Singa-ternational action is taken. will stage a mass youth raily of pore, has sent his friend, Mr "The. Chinese Government the "Free German Youth is John Thiessen, to Amsterdam

was asked by the Allfez to take East Berlin at the end of No- to usk Queen Jullana to let the surrender of the Japancze vember, Derlin Radlo enounced him enter the today.

This decision was taken at to-

without being ames,

Vetherlands

REC

forces on the island. This is the reason the Chine

tay's meeting of the Congress, ser

his journey from there now," Mr Austin wrote.--

Westerling in session here to plan a com- newspapermen at Karachi that

told Reuter.

PLAN SOUGHT Paisgn

of "open

agitation" he expected he would be cörgen

Washington, Aug. 23. against the Brith and Amer-with certain offences on his Britain and the United States can occupation authorities in arrival in Holland, but he did are engaging to top-level dis- West Germany, the Radio said. not know what these charges cussions aimed at ring a

Reuter,

(would be.-~-~Heuter.

means of placing Formosa, under

TAXI DRIVER ROBBED

to

-

im-

be

Dewar's

A taxi driver was held up by

an armed man and was relieved

of his wrist watch and $32 near Cochrane Street shortly after

midnight,

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